Paddle for carrying glassware to the tempering-leers of furnaces.



PATENTED DBO. 12, 1905.-

J. T. HIGBEE.

PADDLE FOR CARRYING GLASSWARE TO THE TBMPERING LEERS 0F FURNACES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9, 1905.

UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE T. HIGBEE, OF MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY. PADDLE FOR CARRYING GLASSWARE TO THE TEMPERlNG-LEERS 0F FURNACES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed March 9, 1905. Serial No. 249,192.

To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ESSE T. HIGBEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Millville, in the county of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, have in vented a new and useful Paddle for Carrying Glassware to the Tempering- Leers of Furnaces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a paddle of the class stated, having means for readily tilting the same and so discharging the glassware therefrom.

It also consists of details of construction, as will be hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a paddle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4 represents a top or plan view, partly broken away, of the paddle proper. Fig. 5 represents a transverse section on line as m, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents a perspective iriew of a detached portion. Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of members shown in Fig. 6 in primary condition.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures. I

Referring to the drawings, A designates the paddle proper of the device, the same being mounted by the ears B on cross rods or bars C, the latter being continuous of or connected .with the arms D, which are secured in the stock E, the portion F of which constitutes the handle of the device. Laterally continuous of the cross-rods C are the deflected pieces G, which are adapted to have the paddle A abut against and rest upon the same as a stop and supportfor said paddle in normal position.

On the under side of the paddle is the elongated ear H, which is somewhat eccentric to the ears B and has mounted in it the gudgeon J, composed of a limb extending laterally from the sliding rod K, a portion of the latter passing freely through the stock E and having its terminal pivotally connected with the latch or trigger L, which is mounted on the handle F so as to be conveniently operated while the latter is grasped. Connected with the rod K and bearing against the end of the stock E is the spring M, whose object is to restore the movable parts to their normal position.

The paddle A has a flange Nat its forward end and flanges P at its sides as guards for preventing improper displacement of the articles of glassware supplied to the paddle in forward and lateral directions, and the face of the latter is clad with a sheet Q of asbestos or other non-combustible material, the same being secured by clips R, which are passed through openings S in the paddle and through the sheet and clenched on the latter and said plate, as seen most plainly in Fig. 5, said sheet preventing injurious effect of the heat of the glassware upon the paddle A, it being noticed that the paddle is formed of metal which possesses strength and durability with lightness.

In order to strengthen the paddle, the same has a head T thereon, the latter being struck up or otherwise formed and-serving as a stiffener or brace.

The operation is as follows: The parts are in position,as in Fig. 3, and the articles of I glassware then imposed on the paddle A, when the device is advanced to a furnace, placing the paddle, with its load, at the leer thereof. The latch is then pressed, when the rod K is moved backward, thus turning the paddle on its axis and changing its position from horizontal to vertical, as shown in Fig. 1, the articles then resting mainly on the leer, while partly so on the small flange N. The device is then withdrawn from the leer, when the articles remain entirely thereon. The latch is then let go, when the spring M advances the rod K and turns the paddle as stripped from vertical to horizontal position, when it may be loaded again with articles, and the operation of carrying the articles to the leer and leaving themthereon may be repeated.

The ears B and H may be integrally formed from the blank shown in Fig. 7, the same being formed with lips U, which are passed through openings in the paddle A and clenched upon the same, thus securing the ears to the paddle, as shown at V, Fig. 4:.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction shown without departing from the general spirit of my invention, and Ido not, therefore, desire to be limited in each case to the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character stated, a paddle, a support on which said paddle is pivotally mounted, and means slidably mounted on the stock for operating said paddle, said means being eccentrically connected to the paddle relative to the pivot of the latter.

2. In a device of the character stated, a

3. In a device of the character stated, a paddle, a support on which the same is pivotally mounted, means slidably' mounted on the stock for operating said paddle, said means being connected to the paddle eccentrically with relation to the pivot of the paddle, and a stop on which the paddle is supported when in normal position, said stop being movable with the pivot of the paddle.

4. In a device of the character stated, a paddle formed of metal and having end flanges and an article-supporting flange at right angles thereto and a facing of non-combustible material thereon and means passed through said paddle and material for securing said facing to the paddle.

5. In a device of the character stated, a tiltably-mounted paddle open upon two opposite sides andhaving guards extending angularly thereon.

6. In a device of the character stated, a

paddle having an ear thereon, an axis for the paddle in said ear, an additional ear, a gudgeon in the latter, and a slidable rod connected with said gudgeon, said ears being integral and secured to the paddle.

7 A paddle having ears, and an ear intermediate said ears and eccentric-thereto, rods having cross portions mounted in said firstmentioned cars, a sliding rod having a rightangled gudgeon mounted in the other ear, a stock carrying said rods, and a trigger for actuating the sliding rod. 7

8. A paddle having ears, and an ear intermediate said ears and eccentric thereto, rods having cross portions mounted in said firstmentioned ears, a sliding rod having a rightangled gudgeon mounted in the other ear, a stock carrying said rods, a spring actuating on said rod, and a trigger for actuating the sliding rod.

9. A paddle having ears, and an ear intermediate said ears and eccentric thereto, rods having cross portions and deflected end pieces mounted in said first-mentioned ears, a sliding rod having a right-angled gudgeon mounted in the other ear, a stock carrying said rods, and a trigger for actuating the sliding rod.

JESSE T. HIGBEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VVIEDERSHEIM, WM. OANER WIEDERSEIM. 

